Back injury finally can ski again

Broke my back July 2009 under rotating a backflip. Hit physio hard, swimming 4 days a week, stretched every day. Skied the 09-10 season, never progressed so much, went from spinning 3's and 5's to cork 9's and 10's. Its possible to recover from severe injuries, almost every pro does it now a days. Just work hard, and take it easy at first.

I recovered from an L1 burst fracture that occurred in march of 2007. Still have back pain, but it doesn't prevent me from skiing. My skiing has progressed at a higher rate since the accident. Glad you are back in it.

i had a t-7 burst fx and t-8 fx

took a year to get out of my brace...year and half to find out i can start groomers again

long road'd

anyone else here recover from some bad injuries and can shed some lighton getting back out there?

I cracked my tail bone when I came down on my heal piece. Does that count? Seriously, stay positive and keep working.

havent recovered yet but i thought i might add, i broke my tib and fib, have had 6 surgeries and soon 2 more. some muscles have died and my tendenses (i know its spelled wrong) have shrinked, i cant run or jog for the rest of my life. when i walk i limp. i go to physiotherapy two times a week, and train and stretch 5 times a week. chances of me jumping on skiis for the rest of my life is very slim... need some inspiration stories too...

good luck man! have a good season

I had my L4-L5 and L-5 S-1 vertebrae fused together with 6 screws and 2 rods in July of 2009.  I did a lot of physical therapy/stretching/core strengthening afterwards.  I was able to ski about 50 days last year.  I do not really hit park jumps any more because of it.  I ski mostly on pow days and do a lot of back country hikes and sled laps.  I have definitly become way way more cautious.  Skiing is the greatest thing there is, but it is not worth being in pain for the rest of your life which I will likely deal with.  I know so many former park skiers with back injuries.  I would rather shred pow for the rest of my life than ever ski park again.  Just be careful and realize that you only get one life and one body, it's not worth ruining it to be the sickest park skier at your local hill.  Damn I sound old (im 31 btw) but we all have to think about being healthy and using this body for the next 50 years. 

ya i was lucky not to have a fusion

i think my jump days are over too...i reqally hope i can schlapp pow and hit a cliff or two though

(mhh explaining my injury in english is hard, i try it anyway:) i broke my tibia plateau with cracks into my knee (comminuted fracture)

the first day at the hospital there was a chance of loosing my leg (amputation) luckily they didn't do it!

it was along time in the hospital and and after 6 month i could start walking again! i pushed the recovery hard (really put all my energy into that which made me loose a year at university) and now i can do everything again...(except that i lost all my fasttwitch muscles for sprinting and jumping!)

what i recommend u:

- get a physiotherpist that pushes u hard and is strict!

- do recovery as much as possible (i did even more that they said i should do)

- BE 200% COMMITEDYOUR HEAD that it will all be good in the end! this will help a lot!!

what was one of my problems during recovery: i was totally focused on my legs...and didn't care much about my back/core ( lost a lot of muscles there too, cause i was in bed for such a long time) so now i have some minor backproblems, but i'm working on it :)

i know i hadn't a back injury...but a hard one on my leg so i thought i post here!

STAY POSITIV

+ when u can do a lot of exercices again, do stuff with and on slacklines, it's so good for ur backstabilisation!

(sry my english, hope u'll understand it)

COMMITED IN YOUR HEAD